Mobile chest radiography service for general practitioners.
In an eight-year period a mobile general practitioner chest x-ray referral service examined 100,000 patients referred by their family doctors. Of the patients examined, 8% were found to have previously undiagnosed significant thoracic disease. The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in need of treatment was 2.7 per thousand examinations (55% of them infectious). A total of 590 cases of primary cancer of lung were found. The incidence of this disease in men aged 45 and over was 19.4 per thousand examinations. A survey of general practitioners in the area concerned showed that they welcomed the service as a useful addition to their diagnostic facilities.
D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006268:Health Facilities; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014852:Wales